Joachim Trier Has Put Oslo on the Cinematic Map

"Although it's a cliché to say that a place can be as much of a character in a movie as a person, it's a cliché that Trier has made his own. In three of his previous six films-"Reprise" (2006), "Oslo, August 31st"(2011), and his breakout hit, "The Worst Person in the World" (2021)-Oslo has been far more than a backdrop. His characters are constantly roaming the city, and Trier highlights its melancholy beauty: its lush but empty-looking parks; its moody indigo fjord."

"In May, when "Sentimental Value" premièred at Cannes, where it received the Grand Prix, one of the film's stars, Elle Fanning, appeared at a press conference in a T-shirt that said " Joachim Trier Summer." The previous month, the pop star Charli XCX-who'd coined the term "Brat Summer" to promote an album in 2024-had performed at Coachella, including Trier's name in a strobing slide show listing artists deserving of their own summer. Trier"

Joachim Trier's Sentimental Value is an intimate character study set largely in Oslo that uses the city's moods and locations as active elements of storytelling. The film features a dragestil house in Frogner that evokes a wild, soulful presence amid more mannered surroundings. Trier has previously rendered Oslo as more than a backdrop in films such as Reprise (2006), Oslo, August 31st (2011) and The Worst Person in the World (2021). Sentimental Value premiered at Cannes and won the Grand Prix, and cast and pop-culture figures have publicly celebrated Trier's work.

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